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Download full textFullan, Michael G.; And Others – 1987
This report summarizes a two-year study of supervisory officers in Ontario. The research focused on what supervisory officers do, what skills they need, how they are prepared and selected, and how they experience the job in terms of satisfaction and effectiveness. A stratified sample of 25 boards and 4 ministry offices was selected for indepth…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Education, Administrator Qualifications
Richardson, Sandra C. – 1987
The ultimate goal of instructional supervisors is to improve instruction by working with teachers and planning, organizing, and evaluating the curricula. A literature review indicates that in reality instructional supervisors are apt to spend most of their time on routine school maintenance functions. The inconsistency between job descriptions and…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Improvement, Instructional Leadership
Chand, Krishan – 1983
From a sample of over 1,000 advertisements for school superintendent positions, this study compiles a list of qualifications and tasks required of most superintendents and indicates the trends in school board expectations of superintendents. The author first notes the degree of education preferred by school boards in their superintendents and then…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role
Norris, Cynthia J. – 1986
Characteristic reform measures that perfect the status quo and maintain educational order have become outdated and irrelevant to our times. Educators are calling for leaders with the ability to sense organizational needs from a holistic approach and with the insight or intuitive feel for what the organization can become. Such activity depends upon…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Cognitive Style, Creative Thinking
Sanchez, Karen L. Van Til; Hall, Gayle C. – 1987
The process of selecting a chief state school officer (CSSO) can be a significant means of allocating policymaking power in state educational governance. This paper examines the role of the chief state school officer and explains how that role is influenced by the selection process. Four selection models are described, along with the advantages…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Role, Administrator Selection
